In 2003, Defendant, Maria Magdalena Lopez-Torres, helped transport adult and minor women from Mexico to Austin, Texas for the purpose of prostitution. She controlled the victims and harbored them in a house and in other places for the purpose of commercial sex in the Western District of Texas. Defendant was charged with Importation of Alien for Immoral Purpose as well as two charges of Possession of a Firearm. She pled guilty and was sentenced to 12 years in prison.